Hell. A torturous, fiery pit of death where souls are hurled into without pity. A place where not even the most powerful of all demons could stand. The exact place where the miko, Kikyou-sama, belongs. The exact place that she escaped. And now, she wishes to bring Inu Yasha there, with her, to find happiness in one another. An oddity beyond belief, but what's more queer is that the hanyou considered it. Considered being given a fiery death and a fiery life all to, some how, be happy with a dangerous, dead, miko.

Is he insane?

Kagome shook her head, exasperated. Over and over she ran this thought in her mind, wondering exactly what he could be thinking. Who in their right mind would consider going to hell?! This was a puzzling thought that she could not seem to find the answer to. And she wasn't about to ask Inu Yasha. No, not at all. That would only prove to start another fight between the two, seeing as he was sensitive to the subject.

In reality, the two had been fighting over the subject more and more as the days went by. They were finding more jewel shards but it didn't seem like they were joyous about it. In fact, even the subject of the shards triggered an argument, seeing as how Kikyou had stolen most of them. Since their previous fight, before the fight with Naraku, the two had rarely spoken to each other at all. Kagome closed her eyes, remembering the events that had occured.

::Flash Back::

"Inu Yasha, look! There's a jewel shard in that corpse!" Kagome yelled, excitedly. It had been two weeks since Kikyou had stolen their jewel shards, and she was happy that they finally found another one. They had been hunting for more since then and she had begun to lose hope.

Inu Yasha scoffed and crossed his arms. "Wow a jewel shard. I'm so pleased." He remarked.

"Well, you should be. This means we're making progress!"

"Maybe if you hadn't been so freakin' weak, we'd have more than just one!"

"Well sorry for almost being killed by the witch of woman, Kikyou! It wasn't my fault your deceased psychotic girlfriend stole the rest of our shards!"

At the mention of Kikyou's name, Inu Yasha seethed and glared at her with his golden eyes. " Leave. Her. Out of this." He growled.

Kagome was taken aback by his sudden change of attitude but that didn't stop her. "Then don't blame me for what she did." She said, just as coldly as he. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the others begin to walk away, knowing from experience not to intervene in these types of arguments.

Inu Yasha turned his back, "You're jealous, is all. You're jealous because you know you'll never be as good as Kikyou or as pretty. That's why you're blaming her for all the things you did wrong!" He growled.

"What?"

"You heard me, but I'll gladly repeat it."

"I can't believe you said that." She whispered.

"What's so hard to believe? All I said was the truth."

"That's what you really think, isn't it?"

Inu Yasha scoffed. "I wouldn't of said it if I didn't believe it, woman."

Kagome shook violently as tears threatened to fall, but she wouldn't allow them to. "Inu Yasha..."

He rolled his eyes, waiting for her to 'sit' him as usual. But he was surprised when he found her barely inches away from his face. "What the heck

are you..."

Kagome raised her hand and with great force, slapped him across his face. He fell backward, not expecting such a reaction from her. She turned to leave but before she did so, she looked back at him, coldly. "Go to hell. This time, I won't stop you." With that she left the poor hanyou to consider (and feel guilt because of) her words.

::End Flash Back::

Kagome admitted, what he said had certainly hurt her feelings. It hurt more than anything to know that he truly believed that and what he had said when he saw Kikyou didn't help the situation. But she forgave him. She always did. It wasn't her nature to hold a grudge against someone, not even Inu Yasha. But he still had no right to say what he did. Before Inu Yasha had admitted to Kikyou his feelings, I didn't think he meant what he said a few days ago but now... Inu Yasha, you're so complex! I can't seem to figure you out no matter how hard I try...Then he had the nerve to be all modest when he saw her last night! "Bastard." She yawned, lying down on her sleeping bag. It was night and she hadn't gotten much sleep since the fight so she figured now was a good a time as any if she wished to have a peaceful sleep. She looked around and spotted Shippou, sleeping comfortably beside her already. She smiled and put her arm protectively around the small kitsune and closed her eyes. Somehow, the fox youkai's presence never failed to comfort her. With another stifled yawn, Kagome drifted off to sleep, dreaming of a place without grumpy hanyous.

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End. Tell me what you think. Good, bad, aight, incredibly wonderful? Review, people! (By the way, it's a one shot so if you want me to continue, please give me at least three reviews!) Note: When Kagome said 'bastard' she was saying it like "stupid half-breed". Those who know the definition for the word know what I mean. :-)